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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Through the Ironwood Curtain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) Yes, they are very good with spears and often had better aim than their husbands.
(b) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(c) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.
(d) The Sawi women are involved only if they are married.

2. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To fatten with friendship.
(b) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.
(c) To leave a little on one's plate.
(d) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.

3. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?
(a) For the village to nominate him chief.
(b) For the rains to come and water his crops.
(c) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(d) For God to send him inspiration so that he can name his child.

4. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?
(a) Ground bones of wild boars.
(b) Dried mushrooms.
(c) Tobacco leaves.
(d) Sago leaves.

5. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?
(a) In the summer kitchen which is a separate building out back.
(b) At the stove in her government-supplied trailer.
(c) In a small boat floating on the river.
(d) At the central place inside the treehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

2. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?

3. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?

4. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

5. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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